Clothes-hanger.



G. F. PETER.

CLOTHES HANGER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1913.

l fM%%m Patented June 22, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTOYLITHCL. WASHINGTON, D

TINIT @TA GRACE FERN PETER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-HANGER.

Application filed. May 2, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRACE FERN PETER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Hangers, of which the following, taken in connection with the drawing, is a description.

My invention has for its object the production of a clothes hanger of the class designed to be folded for convenience when not in use, or when traveling about from place to place.

This invention is so constructed and arranged that it may be used as a coat hanger, and is provided with means for engaging a skirt or other garment which may be suspended therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated what I now consider the preferred form of my invention, although many of the details of construction may be changed without departing from the spirit thereof, and in these drawings-Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device showing the depending clamps secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the hanger with the arms folded inside and Fig. 4c is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the end of the casing.

Referring to the drawing, a casing is formed of an upper and lower elongated plate a, a. Between these plates at each end thereof is a disk (1 a which provides a chamber or compartment between the plates at, 0;. Upon the under side of the upper plate at one end thereof, and upon the upper side of the under plate at the opposite end is a groove 6, shown more clearly in Fig. 4:, the purpose of which will be more clearly described later.

Pivotally secured between these two plates at the ends thereof are the arms A, A, which are turned upon the pivots b, b to extend said arms to the open position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or to be folded inside the casing as shown in Fig. 3.

Positioned between the arm A and the plate a is a spring 0, shown more clearly in Fig. 4 which exerts a pressure against the arm to hold it more closely in contact with the plate a above it. The arm A is provided upon one side thereof with a slightly raised surface 0, which, when the arm is turned Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Serial No. 765,059.

to open position turns into the groove 1) to form an engagement which prevents any accidental sidewise motion of said arm. This construction is the same at each end of the hanger, therefore a description thereof for the opposite end will not be repeated.

Near the outer edge of the upper and lower plates a, a is provided a corrugation cl, d which adds strength and rigidity to the frame. The upper plate a: is provided with grooves e, e which form a guide way in which moves a sliding member E, E. Hinged to each of these sliding members is a plate E E hinged at their opposite ends to the center plate E Secured to this center plate E is a hook F. When in closed position the plates E E E lie flat upon the upper plate a as shown more clearly in Fig. 2, but when the hanger is ready for use, the hook is pulled upwardly, raising the plates E E E to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, which forms a raised collar support for the coat or other garment to be hung upon the device.

Hinged to the plate a and adapted to depend therefrom in open position are engaging clamps G, G, to which may be socured a skirt or other garment. When the hanger is closed, the two clamps are turned into the openings 9, g in the plate a and into the compartment formed between the upper and lower plates a, a. A pin is secured to the plate a and is adapted to be turned across each clamp as shown in Fig. 3 to hold said clamps in the position shown in Fig. 3.

When the device is to be used, the extension arms are pulled from each side of the casing to a position in line with the casing body as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The arms A and A are held quite rigidly in position by being pressed into the grooves by the springs 0.

It will be observed that I have provided a hanger which is very simple in construction, can be folded into a very small space and one which is quickly and readily adjusted for use.

' I claim A clothes-hanger, comprising an elongated casing formed of an upper and a lower plate, disks interposed between the ends of said plate to form a compartment therebetween, extension arms pivotally secured at the ends of said casing and adapted to lift fold inside of thesame, each of said plates In testimony whereof I have signed this having a groove formed in one end thereof specification in the presence of two subscrib- 10 on its inner surface, springs between the ing witnesses.

ends of said plates exerting a pressure against the pivotal ends of the extension GRACE FERN PETER arms whereby they are held in the grooves Witnesses:

when in open position, substantially as de- A. B. RUssnLL,

scribed. WELLS GOODHUE.

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